HILUS

hilus, hilum

(noun) (anatomy) a depression or fissure where vessels or nerves or ducts enter a bodily organ; “the hilus of the kidney”

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Noun

hilus (plural hili)

(anatomy) A hilum.

Anagrams

• Shuli

Source: Wiktionary


Hi"lus, n. Etym: [NL.] (Anat.)

Definition: Same as Hilum, 2.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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6 May 2025

HEEDLESS

(adjective) marked by or paying little heed or attention; “We have always known that heedless self-interest was bad morals; we know now that it is bad economics”--Franklin D. Roosevelt; “heedless of danger”; “heedless of the child’s crying”


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